WGU D184 OA Standards-Based Assessment Exam
Review & Key Concepts 2026
How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers? - ANSWER ✔✨---They help teachers identify
a small set of themes to focus on during instruction.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10: "By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems for grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the
high end of the range" (Common Core Standards Initiative, 2021).
Which terms reflect the content of the standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---Stories, dramas, poems
A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on this standard for a U.S. history course:
"The student understands the differences between the economic, technological, and human resources
of both sides of a conflict."
Which focus statement reflects this standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---Knows about the materials that
contributed to an event and its outcome
Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - ANSWER ✔✨---composes sentences
with keyboard
What is declarative knowledge? - ANSWER ✔✨---knowledge of facts concepts "knowing that"
What is procedural knowledge? - ANSWER ✔✨---knowledge relating to the skills, and processes
needed to perform a task "knowing how"
, An eighth-grade social studies teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum and making
note of the measurement topics: INQ 9-12.5: "Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in
answerwering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of view
represented in the sources, the types of sources available, and the potential uses of the sources"
(Connecticut Social Studies Frameworks, 2015).
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---research
A high school psychology teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum and making
note of the measurement topics: Standard Area: Personality 1.1: "Explain how biological and
environmental factors interact to influence personality" (American Psychological Association, 2022).
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---genetics
What is a benefit of a standards-based grading system for high-achieving students? - ANSWER ✔✨-
--Instruction can be easily adjusted to provide new, more complex learning targets.
How is a narrative-based system different than a standards-based grading system? - ANSWER ✔✨-
--The standards-based grading system uses proficiency scores, but the narrative grading system does
not.
Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standards-based grading? -
ANSWER ✔✨---Performance of the rest of the class
What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-referenced grading? -
ANSWER ✔✨---Standards-based grading is more focused on the learning targets than norm-
referenced grading.
Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of learning targets in standards-
based grading systems? - ANSWER ✔✨---Teachers are able to help students focus on learning
goals and track their progress.
How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students compared to other common
grading systems? - ANSWER ✔✨---By allowing students to redo lessons and assignments as many
times as necessary
Review & Key Concepts 2026
How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers? - ANSWER ✔✨---They help teachers identify
a small set of themes to focus on during instruction.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10: "By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,
dramas, and poems for grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the
high end of the range" (Common Core Standards Initiative, 2021).
Which terms reflect the content of the standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---Stories, dramas, poems
A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on this standard for a U.S. history course:
"The student understands the differences between the economic, technological, and human resources
of both sides of a conflict."
Which focus statement reflects this standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---Knows about the materials that
contributed to an event and its outcome
Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - ANSWER ✔✨---composes sentences
with keyboard
What is declarative knowledge? - ANSWER ✔✨---knowledge of facts concepts "knowing that"
What is procedural knowledge? - ANSWER ✔✨---knowledge relating to the skills, and processes
needed to perform a task "knowing how"
, An eighth-grade social studies teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum and making
note of the measurement topics: INQ 9-12.5: "Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in
answerwering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of view
represented in the sources, the types of sources available, and the potential uses of the sources"
(Connecticut Social Studies Frameworks, 2015).
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---research
A high school psychology teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum and making
note of the measurement topics: Standard Area: Personality 1.1: "Explain how biological and
environmental factors interact to influence personality" (American Psychological Association, 2022).
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - ANSWER ✔✨---genetics
What is a benefit of a standards-based grading system for high-achieving students? - ANSWER ✔✨-
--Instruction can be easily adjusted to provide new, more complex learning targets.
How is a narrative-based system different than a standards-based grading system? - ANSWER ✔✨-
--The standards-based grading system uses proficiency scores, but the narrative grading system does
not.
Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standards-based grading? -
ANSWER ✔✨---Performance of the rest of the class
What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-referenced grading? -
ANSWER ✔✨---Standards-based grading is more focused on the learning targets than norm-
referenced grading.
Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of learning targets in standards-
based grading systems? - ANSWER ✔✨---Teachers are able to help students focus on learning
goals and track their progress.
How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students compared to other common
grading systems? - ANSWER ✔✨---By allowing students to redo lessons and assignments as many
times as necessary
